Name: | Dr. Inayat Ali |
Designation: | Assistant Professor |
Department: | Anthropology |
Qualification: | Ph. D (2020) |
University of Vienna, Austria | |
MPhil (2011) | |
Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad | |
M. Sc. (2007) | |
Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad | |
Phone: | +92-51-9292900 (2002) |
Email: | [email protected] |
Status: | On Job |
Professional Experience
February 2022- to date Fatima Jinnah Women University, Rawalpindi Assistant Professor
February 2021- to date University of Vienna, Austria Research Fellow
September 2021 to January 2022 National University of Medical Sciences, Rawalpindi (Pakistan) Assistant Professor (Visiting)
PUBLICATIONS/CONFERENCES
Books
- Ali, I., and Davis-Floyd, R. (2022). eds. Negotiating the Pandemic: Cultural, National, and Individual Constructions of COVID-19. London: Routledge
- Ali, I. (Forthcoming, 2022). Contesting Measles and Vaccination: Cultural Beliefs, Structured Vulnerabilities, Mistrust, and Geo-Politics in Pakistan. London: Routledge
- Ali, I. (Forthcoming, 2022). Constructing the Pandemic in Pakistan: Competing Perceptions, Politics, and Structured Disparities during COVID-19. London: Routledge
- Ali, I., Merrill, S., and Bulled, N. (Forthcoming, 2023). eds. COVID-19 Syndemics and the Global South: A World Divided. London: Routledge
- Ali, I., and Davis-Floyd, R., eds. (Forthcoming 2024). An Anthropology of Traditional Midwives: Cross Cultural Perspectives. London: Routledge
Book Chapters
- Ali, I. 2021. COVID-19 amid Rumours and Conspiracy Theories: The Interplay between Local and Global Worlds. In Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19), edited by Nima Rezaei, in the book series Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology (AEMB). New York: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-63761-3_37
- Ali, I. 2022. My Great-Grandmother, Malinowski, and My “Self”: An Autoethnographic Account of Negotiating the COVID-19 Pandemic. In I. Ali & R. Davis-Floyd (Eds.), Negotiating the pandemic: Cultural, national, and individual constructions of COVID-19. London: Routledge.
- Ali, I., & Gupta, S. 2022. Contesting COVID-19 in Bangladesh: Government responses and local perceptions. In I. Ali & R. Davis-Floyd (Eds.), Negotiating the pandemic: Cultural, national, and individual constructions of COVID-19. London: Routledge.
- Ananda, T., & Ali, I. 2022. Sri Lanka’s response to COVID-19: Can a culture control a viral outbreak? In I. Ali & R. Davis-Floyd (Eds.), Negotiating the pandemic: Cultural, national, and individual constructions of COVID-19. London: Routledge.
- Ali, I., Sadique, S., & Ali, S. 2022. Local Perceptions of COVID-19 in Pakistan’s Sindh Province: “Political Game”, Supernatural Test, or Western Conspiracy? In I. Ali & R. Davis-Floyd (Eds.), Negotiating the pandemic: Cultural, national, and individual constructions of covid-19. London: Routledge.
- Ali, I., & Davis-Floyd, R. 2022. Introduction. In I. Ali & R. Davis-Floyd (Eds.), Negotiating the pandemic: Cultural, national, and individual constructions of covid-19. London: Routledge.
- Ali, I., & Davis-Floyd, R. 2022. Conclusion. In I. Ali & R. Davis-Floyd (Eds.), Negotiating the pandemic: Cultural, national, and individual constructions of covid-19. London: Routledge.
Journal Articles
- Ali, I. 2022. “COVID-19 and cancelled vaccination programs: Forecasting outbreaks of vaccine preventable diseases (VPDs) in Pakistan.” Vaccine: X. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvacx.2022.100151
- Aslam, F., Ali, I., Babar, Z., Yang, Y. 2022. “Building evidence for improving vaccines adoption and uptake about childhood vaccinations in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review.” Drugs & Therapy Perspectives. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40267-021-00890-7
- Iqbal, S., and Ali, I. 2022. “Dietary Trace Element Intake and Risk of Breast Cancer: A Mini Review.” Biological Trace Element Research. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12011-021-03089-z
- Ali, I., Sadique, S., and Ali, S. 2021. “Doctors Dealing with COVID-19 in Sindh: Experiences, perceptions, guilt, fear, and responsibility in Pakistan.” Frontiers in Public Health. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2021.647543
- Iqbal, S., and Ali, I. 2021. “Routine vaccination during COVID-19: A case of maternal neonatal tetanus.” Frontiers in Reproductive Health. https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/frph.2021.790647/full
- Ali, I, Ali, S. and Iqbal, S. 2021. “COVID-19 Vaccination: Concerns about its accessibility, affordability, and acceptability." Frontiers in Medicine. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmed.2021.647294
- Ali, I., Sadique, S. and Ali, S. 2021. “Local Perceptions of COVID-19 in Pakistan’s Sindh Province: Political Game, Supernatural Test, or Western Conspiracy?” Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness. https://doi.org/10.1017/dmp.2021.220
- Iqbal, S. and Ali, I. 2021. "Effect of maternal zinc supplementation or zinc status on pregnancy complications and perinatal outcomes: An umbrella review of meta-analyses." Heliyon. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2021.e07540
- Abid, S., Ali, S.M., & Ali, I. (2021). "A basic right denied: The interplay between various factors contributing to school dropouts in Pakistan." Frontiers in Education. https://doi.org/10.3389/feduc.2021.682579
- Ali, I. 2021. "Rituals of Containment: Many Pandemics, Body Politics, and Social Dramas during COVID-19 in Pakistan." Frontiers in Sociology, 6, p.83. https://doi.org/10.3389/fsoc.2021.648149
- Ali, I. 2021. “Syndemics at Play: Chronic Kidney Disease, Diabetes and COVID-19 in Pakistan.” Annals of Medicine. 53 (1). 581-586 https://doi.org/10.1080/07853890.2021.1910335
- Ali, I., Sadique, S. and Ali, S. 2021. “COVID-19 and polio vaccine as a “Western plot in Pakistan: Entanglement, effects and consequences.” Frontiers in Sociology. https://doi.org/10.3389/fsoc.2021.608979
- Ali, I., and Ali, S. 2021. “COVID-19 in Pakistan and Papua New Guinea: Reflections on massive testing and challenges.” Primary Health Care Research & Development. 22, e71 https://doi.org/10.1017/S1463423621000724
- Ali, I., Sadique, S., and Ali, S. and Davis-Floyd, R. 2021. “Birthing Between the “Traditional” and the “Modern”: Dāi Practices and Childbearing Women’s Choices during COVID-19 in Pakistan.” Frontiers in Sociology. https://doi.org/10.3389/fsoc.2021.622223
- Ali, I. 2021. “From Normal to Viral Body: Death rituals during ordinary and extraordinary COVID-19 times in Pakistan.” Frontiers in Sociology. doi.org/10.3389/fsoc.2020.619913
- Iqbal, S. and Ali, I. 2021. “Maternal Food Insecurity and Pregnancy Complications in Low-Income Countries.” Journal of Agriculture and Food Research. doi.org/10.1016/j.jafr.2020.100091
- Iqbal, S., Ali, S. and Ali, I. 2021. “Maternal Pesticide Exposure and its Relation to Childhood Cancer: An Umbrella Review of Meta-analyses.” International Journal of Environmental Health Research (CIJE). https://doi.org/10.1080/09603123.2021.1900550
- Ali, I. 2020a. “Anthropology in Emergencies: The Roles of Anthropologists During the COVID-19 Pandemic.” Practicing Anthropology 42 (3): 16-22. https://doi.org/10.17730/0888-4552.42.3.4
- ---. 2020b. “The COVID-19 Pandemic: Making Sense of Rumor and Fear.” Medical Anthropology 39 (5): 376-379. https://doi.org/10.1080/01459740.2020.1745481.
- ---. 2020c. “COVID-19: Are We Ready for the Second Wave?” Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness: 1-3. https://doi.org/10.1017/dmp.2020.149.
- ---. 2020d. “Impact of COVID-19 on vaccination programs: Adverse or positive?” Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics.doi.org/10.1080/21645515.2020.1787065
- ---. 2020e. “Impacts of rumors and conspiracy theories surrounding COVID-19 on preparedness programs.” Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness: 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1017/dmp.2020.325.
- Ali, I. and Ali, S. 2020. “Why may COVID-19 overwhelm low-income countries like Pakistan?” Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness. https://doi.org/10.1017/dmp.2020.329.
- Ali, I., and Davis-Floyd, R. 2020. “The interplay of words and politics during COVID-19: Contextualizing the Universal Pandemic vocabulary.” Practicing Anthropology 42 (4):20-24. https://doi.org/10.17730/0888-4552.42.4.20
- Ali, I., Sadique, S. and Ali, S. 2020. “COVID-19 Significantly Affects Maternal Health: A Rapid-Response Investigation from Pakistan.” Front. Glob. Womens Health. https://doi.org/10.3389/fgwh.2020.591809
- Iqbal, S., Ali, I. Ekmekcioglu, C. and Kundi, M. 2020. “Increasing Frequency of Antenatal Care Visits May Improve Tetanus Toxoid Vaccination Coverage in Pregnant Women in Pakistan.” Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics: 16 (70): 1539-1532. https://doi.org/10.1080/21645515.2019.1705693
- Iqbal, S., Ali, I. Rust, P., Kundi, M. and Ekmekcioglu, C. 2020. “Selenium, Zinc, and Manganese Status in Pregnant Women and Its Relation to Maternal and Child Complications.” Nutrients 12 (3): 725. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu12030725
- Iqbal, S., Rust, P., Weitensfelder, L., Ali, I., Kundi, M., Moshammer, H., and Ekmekcioglu, C. 2019. “Iron and Iodine Status in Pregnant Women from a Developing Country and Its Relation to Pregnancy Outcomes.” International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 16 (22): 4414. https://doi.org/doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16224414.
Dissertations and Theses
- Ali, I. 2020. “Constructing and Negotiating Measles: The Case of Sindh Province of Pakistan.” Ph.D., Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology, University of Vienna, Austria.
- Ali, I. 2011. “Cultural Construction of Health and Illness: The Case Study of a Potohari Village.” M.Phil. Qualitative, Department of Anthropology, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
- Ali, I. 2007. “Impacts of Modern Technology on Traditional Crafts: A Case Study of Pottery and Textile of Hala, Sindh.” M. Sc. Masters, Department of Anthropology, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
Academic Blogs
- Ali, I., and Davis-Floyd, R. 2020. “The Interplay of Words and Politics During Covid-19: Locally Contextualizing the Universal Pandemic Vocabulary.” Practicing Anthropology: A Journal of the Society for Applied Anthropology (blog), Society for Applied Anthropology. 29 September. https://practicinganthropology.sfaa.net/2020/09/24/the-interplay-of-words-and-politics-during-covid-19-locally-contextualizing-the-universal-pandemic-vocabulary/.
- Ali, I. 2020. Anthropology in Emergencies: The Roles of Anthropologists during the COVID-19 Pandemic. " Practicing Anthropology: A Journal of the Society for Applied Anthropology (blog), Society for Applied Anthropology (SfAA) 20 June. https://practicinganthropology.sfaa.net/2020/06/20/anthropology-in-emergencies-the-roles-of-anthropologists-during-the-covid-19-pandemic-by-inayat-ali/
- Ali, I. “Goethe Wears a Mask against COVID-19." Co-existing with Covid-19: Moving into the post-pandemic world with the social sciences" (blog), Medical Anthropology Department, University College London. 01 June. https://medanthucl.com/2020/06/01/goethe-wears-a-mask-against-covid-19/
Other publications—Selective Op-Eds
- Inayat Ali. "Remember Spanish Flu to Doubt Coronavirus." Daily Times, 24 March 2020c. March 31, 2020. https://dailytimes.com.pk/581816/remember-spanish-flu-to-doubt-coronavirus/
- ---. “Pandora’s Box of Polio. ” Daily Times. October 9, 2019 https://dailytimes.com.pk/480725/pandoras-box-of-polio/
- ---. “Perplexing Polio.” Daily Times. August 28, 2019. https://dailytimes.com.pk/455194/perplexing-polio/.
- ---. “Education’s Enigma.” Daily Times. August 21, 2019. https://dailytimes.com.pk/451578/educations-enigma/.
- ---. “Education Needs More than Funds.” Daily Times. July 26, 2019. https://dailytimes.com.pk/437496/education-needs-more-than-funds/.
- ---. “Selfie, Aid and Development.” Daily Times. July 10, 2019. https://dailytimes.com.pk/427609/selfie-aid-and-development/.
- ---. “Our Society Necessitates the next Level of Literacy.” Daily Times. July 2, 2019. https://dailytimes.com.pk/422582/our-society-necessitates-the-next-level-of-literacy/.
- ---. “The Aftermath of HIV Surge in Sindh.” Daily Times. June 4, 2019. https://dailytimes.com.pk/407280/the-aftermath-of-hiv-surge-in-sindh/.
- ---. “Shifting Emphasis in Research from Quantity to Quality.” Daily Times. May 28, 2019. https://dailytimes.com.pk/402481/shifting-emphasis-in-research-from-quantity-to-quality/.
- ---. “Revisiting Pakistan’s Polio Problem.” Daily Times. May 18, 2019. https://dailytimes.com.pk/396716/revisiting-pakistans-polio-problem/.
- ---. “Paradigms to Investigate the HIV Epidemic.” Daily Times. May 16, 2019. https://dailytimes.com.pk/395401/paradigms-to-investigate-the-hiv-epidemic/.
- ---. “Viral Hepatitis Is Sindh’s Silent Killer.” Daily Times. May 10, 2019. https://dailytimes.com.pk/391391/viral-hepatitis-is-sindhs-silent-killer/.
- ---. “Hazardous Heatwaves.” Daily Times. May 7, 2019. https://dailytimes.com.pk/389631/hazardous-heatwaves/.
- ---. “A Perilous Crossroads.” Daily Times. May 1, 2019. https://dailytimes.com.pk/386235/a-perilous-crossroads/.
- ---. “Development Discourse: Dream & Dilemma.” The Frontier Post. December 20, 2011. http://www.thefrontierpost.com/?p=94044.
- ---. “Education for Girls.” The Express Tribune: March 9, 2011. http://tribune.com.pk/story/129575/education-for-girls/.
- ---. “Gender Discrimination Cause of Decline in HDI.” Dawn. March 3, 2011. http://www.dawn.com/2011/03/03/gender-discrimination-cause-of-decline-in-hdi.html.
- ---. “Gender Empowerment: To Cross the Rubicon.” The Frontier Post. March 14, 2011. http://www.thefrontierpost.com/?p=114321.
- ---. “Labour Day and Women.” Daily Times. May 1, 2011. http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2011%5C05%5C01%5Cstory_1-5-2011_pg7_24.
- ---. “Media - a Means of Development.” Daily Times, May 7, 2011. http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2011%5C05%5C07%5Cstory_7-5-2011_pg3_7.
- ---. “Population Bomb.” Pakistan Today. November 1, 2011. https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2011/11/01/population-bomb/.
- ---. “Rise in HIV/AIDS.” Daily Times. May 1, 2011. http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2011%5C05%5C01%5Cstory_1-5-2011_pg3_6.
- ---. “Suggestions To Control Dengue Disaster.” Pakistan Today. September 19, 2011. https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2011/09/19/suggestions-to-control-dengue-disaster/.
- ---. “Tackling the HIV Burden.” Daily Times. May 6, 2019. https://dailytimes.com.pk/389104/tackling-the-hiv-burden/.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Medial anthropology; public health; global health; one health; communicable diseases; vaccination; Covid-19; measles; HIV/AIDS; outbreaks and pandemics; maternal health; sexual and reproductive health; structural violence; institutionalized disparities; syndemics; critical medical anthropology; policy and governance; anthropology of food; Sindh; Pakistan; global south
ACHIVEMENTS
- Overseas Scholarship (90% Category) for M.S./MPhil leading to Ph.D. Program, the Higher Education Commission (HEC) of Pakistan.
- Dissertation Completion Fellowship, University of Vienna, Austria.
- Conference Funding, Association for Social Anthropologists (ASA); and European Association for Social Anthropologists (EASA)
- Research Citations: 570 (By October 2022)
Guest Lectures
- Anthropology in emergencies revisited: The Roles of Anthropologists during the COVID-19 Pandemic”. Department of Anthropology, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka, April 2021.
- Negotiating Measles in Pakistan’s Sindh Province”. Central Department of Anthropology (CDA), Tribhuvan University, Nepal in January 2021.
- Negotiating Vaccination: Making Sense of Mistrust, (Geo-)politics, and Structured Disparities in Pakistan”. University of Tübingen, Germany in June 2021.
- A “Sacred” Illness or a “Life-threatening” Infectious Disease: Measles with Multiple Narratives in Pakistan’s Sindh Province”. University of Vienna, Austria in June 2021.
- Academic Writing and Publications”. At the Conference of the Faculty of the Social Sciences, University of Nigeria Nsukka, Nigeria. October 2021.
- Politicizing Statistics and Statisticizing Politics: Reflections on Complicating Tactics of WHO and Pakistani Government to Deal with COVID-19”. Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, National University of Medical Science, Pakistan, March 2021
Academic Conferences:
- Inayat Ali. 2021. “Vaccination as A Site of Multiple Transfigurations of Certainty and Uncertainty.” XI Medical Anthropology at Home (MAAH) Conference: Transfigurations of Uncertainty in Health and Medicine, University of Vienna, Austria, 15-18 October.
- ---. 2019. “Negotiating Measles in the Sindh Province of Pakistan.” Making Medicine in Austere Times: Materialities, Moralities, and Policies Of Care, Institute of Social Anthropology, University of Bern, Switzerland, 11-13 June.
- ---. 2018a. “Contextualizing Conspiracies Woven around the Vaccination in Pakistan.” 15th EASA Biennial Conference: Staying, Moving, Settling Stockholm University, Sweden 14-17 August.
- ---. 2018b. “Dealing with Measles in Sindh, Pakistan: An Interplay of ‘Folk’ (Musical) and ‘Modern’ Measures.” Fragen zu Postkolonialismus und Dekolonisierung: Tagung des österreichischen Nationalkomitees im International Council for Traditional Music, University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna, Vienna, Austria, 9-10 June.
- ---. 2018c. “Fighting a Battle: Ethnographer Encountering a Quagmire of Ethics and Emotions.” X Medical Anthropology at Home (MAAH) Conference: Subjectivities and afflictions: Agency, health systems, and the politics of/for life, Monestir de Poblet, Catalonia, Spain, 18-21 October.
- ---. 2018d. “On the Brink of Danger: A Case of Vaccination Teams Performing in Precarious Situations in Pakistan.” ASA2018: Sociality, matter, and the imagination: re-creating Anthropology, University of Oxford, United Kingdom, 18-21 September.
- ---. 2018e. “Vaccine Sustainability and Sustainability through Vaccine!” Sustainable Futures, Loews Philadelphia Hotel, Philadelphia, the United States of America, 3-7 April.
- ---. 2017a. “(Anti)-vaccination Movement: Substance Benevolent or Malevolent for the Body!” Bodies in Transition Power, Knowledge and Medical Anthropology, Institute of Social Sciences, University of Lisbon, Portugal, 5-7 July.
- ---. 2017b. “Constructing and Negotiating Measles: The Case of Sindh Province of Pakistan.” Workshop for PhD Students, Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology, University of Vienna, Austria, 28-30 June
- ---. 2017c. “The politics and precarity of being a Pakistani Anthropologist.” Annual General Meeting Seminar (AGM): On Politics and Precarities in Academia: Anthropological Perspectives Institute of Social Anthropology, University of Bern, Switzerland, November 16-17.
- ---. 2017d. “Vaccine as a commodity: some socio-political reflections on its circulation!” Mo(u)vement, University of Ottawa, Canada, 2-7 May.
- ---. 2016a. “Constructing and Negotiating Measles: The Case of Sindh Province of Pakistan.” Tag des SOWI-Doktorats: an der Fakultät für Sozialwissen-schaften, Institute of Sociology, University of Vienna, Austria, 16 November.
- ---. 2016b. “The Making of Vaccination in Pakistan, especially in Sindh Province: The Politics, Evidence, and Strategies of Success.” 14th Biennial Conference of the European Association of Social Anthropologists: Anthropological Legacies and Human Futures, Department of Human Science for Education ‘Riccardo Massa’ and Department of Sociology and Social Research University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy, 22-23 July.
- ---.2015. “Locally sacred and globally threat: Dealing with and Defeating Measles in Sindh Province, Pakistan.” Anthropology and Global Health: interrogating theory, policy and practice, University of Sussex, the United Kingdom, 9-11 September
Workshops/Seminars
- Critical medical anthropology, Anthropology Department, Harvard University, Boston, the USA.
- Conversation in English: Conference & Meeting Situations, University of Vienna. Austria.
- English Pronunciation and Typical Mistakes, University of Vienna. Austria.
- The Research Article: Publication Process and Text Qualities of a Key Genre, University of Vienna. Austria.
- Writing and Publishing a Paper in Humanities & Social Sciences, University of Vienna. Austria.
- Mapping Controversies, University of Vienna. Austria.
- Introduction to SPSS, University of Vienna. Austria
RESEARCH PROJECTS
2020-2022: Worked as PI Exploring and Understanding the Impacts of COVID-19: A Qualitative Inquiry. Approved by the National Bioethics Committee, Pakistan (reference No.4-87/NBC471-COVID-19-09/20/). 2021-2022: University of Toronto and Yale University—Worked as a Medical Anthropologist Applying critical incident framework using culture shocks in pediatric simulations to promote cultural sensitivity in pediatric emergency medicine in Pakistan